Horst_In_Translation Review of Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994 TV Movie)

Decent little behind-the-scenes documentary

[6/10 · 28 September 2018]

"Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump" is as the title already says of course obviously a little add-on to the famous film classic "Forrest Gump" from the 1990s and this one here runs for half an hour approximately and it features interviews with pretty much all the big players from the film, who elaborate more on particular scenes really than on the production. However, there is some charm as well here in specific moments that include the famous feather of course or the box of chocolates. Making-of documentaries are always (just like life) like a box of chocolates and you never know what you get with these. But with this one here, you get something delicious. I enjoyed seeing the actors and others, surprisingly I was not that big on Hanks in here while I generally like him and honestly he is the movie. It's definitely closer for me to a 4 out of 5 than to a 2 out of 5, but as I gave the former to the movie this is about, I will just say that the documentary is of course not as good as the film, but it is worth seeing without a doubt and I'd watch it again. Perhaps, I am a bit biased here because I quite like the movie, but if you think similarly about it like I do and I guess millions of people do, then this one is definitely worth checking out if you get your hands on it. I personally give it a thumbs-up. Go for the watch here, maybe at a time when you plan to watch Forrest Gump anyway, which you should as this is really a film you could see many times and you will always discoved something new. So will you in this documentary I guess, like for me for example with the parallel between Lieutenant Dan and crippled America during the years of the Vietnam War. Surely an interesting parallel. And there's more that you want to witness yourself.